Republican lawmakers in Washington state are taking another stab at emergency powers reform in the hope that a new governor means legislation to that effect will

Five years since the COVID-19 pandemic began, policymakers are still looking for ways to prevent the next global public health crisis.

Governor-elect Bob Ferguson intends to trim $4.4 billion from the state budget, but listed universal free lunches for Washington schoolchildren in his budget priorities announced Thursday. He spent part of his day Friday visiting Whitman Elementary in Spokane emphasizing his commitment to free lunches.

More than half of federal employees were either teleworking regularly or fully remote” by May 2024, the report notes.

The COVID-19 pandemic, it turned out, had almost as big a gastronomical effect on American society as government actions.

The Southwestern Pennsylvania Area Agency on Aging (AAA) has ended the Grab and Go portion of its congregate meal program. Mary Harris, the agency’s director, said a decrease in funding led to the decision involving a program started during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The first severe human case of bird flu was recently reported in the U.S. Here are some ways the U.S. may be repeating the same mistakes as from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Biden administration is releasing a “roadmap” for maintaining government defenses against infectious diseases, just as President-elect Donald Trump pledges to dismantle some of them.